were made. On November 3, 1994, the prosecutor decided provisionally to suspend and set
aside the investigation.389 The Commission has no information regarding the reasons
supporting that decision.
Case 420211 with Sectional Prosecution Unit 239 of the Anti-kidnapping and
Extortion Unit. The complainants are named as “Integrantes Corporación Colectivo de
Abogados” [Members, Lawyers Collective Corporation].390 The investigation concerns the
crime of making threats against Reinaldo Villalba Vargas and Margarita Arregocés. The
Commission does not have any information about the specific threats that prompted the
investigation. On July 30, 1999, Sectional Prosecution Unit 239 issued a resolution by which
it took up the proceedings.391 In Official letter No. 1357 dated August 12, 1999, the prosecutor
abstained from investigating the crime of making personal threats without expressly
providing cause, but saying that “based on the context, it is not considered to match the
classification of the criminal offense mentioned.”392 The Commission has no further
information about the reasoning behind the decision. No one was brought in for questioning
in the investigation.393
Case 421312 with Sectional Prosecution Unit 242. The investigation concerns the
crime of making threats against Rafael Barrios Mendivil, who is named as the complainant. 394
The Commission does not have any information about the specific threats that prompted the
investigation. On December 1, 1999, the prosecutor abstained from opening a formal
investigation because the period for criminal proceedings had lapsed.395 The Commission
does not have any information on the dates of the alleged acts or reasons why the action had
prescribed.
Case 562699 with the Unit for Crimes against Personal Liberty, Other Guarantees,
and Others of the Office of the Attorney General. The investigation was opened on June 11,
2001, in connection with the crime of making threats, based on an alleged murder plot
against Luis Guillermo Pérez Casas, Alirio Uribe Muñoz, and Maret Cecilia García (see supra,
par. 74). On July 16, 2002, the prosecutor decided to abstain from investigating and ordered
the proceedings to be set aside.396 The Commission has no information regarding the reasons
why the decision to abstain was adopted.
Case 701328 with Bogotá Prosecution Unit 246. The investigation concerns the
crime of making threats. The Commission does not have any information about the specific
threats that prompted the investigation or against which members of CCAJAR they were
made. The petitioner said that the investigation was suspended on May 3, 2004, and has been
archived.397 The Commission has no information about the reasons to suspend and archive
the investigation.
Office of the Attorney General, Official letter No. 2790 of August 29, 2001. Annex 81 to the petitioners’ brief containing observations
on merits, December 20, 2013.
390 Office of the Attorney General, Official letter No. 1357 of October 23, 2001. Annex 82 to the petitioners’ brief containing observations
on merits, December 20, 2013.
391 Petitioners’ brief containing observations on merits, December 20, 2013.
392 Office of the Attorney General, Official letter No. 1357 of October 23, 2001. Annex 82 to the petitioners’ brief containing observations
on merits, December 20, 2013.
393 Office of the Attorney General, Official letter No. 661 of June 18, 2002. Annex 83 to the petitioners’ brief containing observations on
merits, December 20, 2013.
394 Office of the Attorney General, Official letter No. 1357 of October 23, 2001. Annex 82 to the petitioners’ brief containing observations
on merits, December 20, 2013, and Office of the Attorney General, Official letter No. 661 of June 18, 2002. Annex 83 to the petitioners’
brief containing observations on merits, December 20, 2013.
395 Office of the Attorney General, Official letter No. 1357 of October 23, 2001. Annex 82 to the petitioners’ brief containing observations
on merits, December 20, 2013, and Office of the Attorney General, Official letter No. 661 of June 18, 2002. Annex 83 to the petitioners’
brief containing observations on merits, December 20, 2013.
396 Office of the Attorney General, Communication of September 16, 2002. Annex 84 to the petitioners’ brief containing observations on
merits, December 20, 2013.
397 Petitioners’ brief containing observations on merits, December 20, 2013.
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